Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-05-25
THE SOUTHERN pRESBYTERIANS.


THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS.
The Assembly of the Southern Presby-
terrain Church met in st. Louis on Thurs
day morning last. DR.. Bryson OF Hunts
Vile, Ala, the retiring moderator opened
the session by a rmo At the close OF
these exercises officers were elected for the
ensuing year. DR.. Stricken, of Atlanta,
was elected moderator. The session then
adjourned until Friday morning to give
the moderator time to make up his COM
mittees.
The Assembly %reconvened on Friday
morning, and DR.. Strickler, moderator,
announced his committees. Overtures
were read, sent up by Presbyteries ia
voring and opposing organic union. or
closer relationship with the Presbyterian
Church of the United States, (the North
ern Church.) Communications on that
subject were also received from the North
ern Church General Assembly, now in SEES
sion at Omaha. Reports Of executive
committees were then received.
The papers in the case of Robertson VS..
the Synod of North Carolina, the evolu-
ton heresy matter, were given in charge
of the judicial committee. The Second
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hers of the Assembly to attend the cele-
bration of the first Presbyterian centen-
NAL in Philadelphia.
The moderator of the Northern Church
| General Assembly conveyed in. a letter
the fraternal greeting of that body in the
plan for closer fellowship and desiring to
cooperate with the Southern Church with
regard to unity of work in missions, both
foreign and home.
The trustees of the Columbia Theolog-
ical Seminary, in South Carolina, report
ed that, owing to the virulence of the evo-
luton controversy, the Seminary had been
closed for twelve months.
The judicial committee recommended
| changes in the church law that would give
ruling elders the right to preside over
meetings of presbyteries as moderators.
The plan Of unicn of the Presbyterian
| churches of the empire of Brazil propos.-
| ed that the churches from the National
SYNOD of Rio Janeiro, which shall have
| power to divide Brazil, into three Presby-
teries.
The committee on foreign missions in
their report decided to extend the work
in Chile and Japan instead of paying fur
Their attention to Brazil, because the big
otry of Brazil, rendered conversion al
most impossible.
The American Indians objected to the
transfer of their work to the home mis-
sions committee, on the ground that this
would be an entering wedge to splitting
up their life as a nation and annexing
them to the United States.
There were a large number of commu-
nications from Presbyterians on the sub
ject of organic union with the Northern
Church. Missouri Synod believes that
the church should he non-political and
advocated the union of the assemblies.
Several communications were received
opposing union on the ground that he
difficulty would be with the colored ele-
ment. They felt that it would be danger
Gus to mingle with the colored children
in the schools and churches.
On Saturday morning quite a furry and
considerable excitement occurred, when,
on reading fridays minutes, it was discov-
cred that the resolution adopted the day
before regarding organization was not re-
corded as it was printed. DR.. Farris, of
St. Louis, permanent clerk, took exception
to some remarks of DR.. Smooks as a per-
sonal reflection on him, and he got quite
warm over it, but the correction wa final
ly made and the matter dropped.
DR.. Palmer, from the Standing Commit
mittee on Foreign Missions, regarding the
proffered designations of Drs. LeFevre,
Bullock and Flournoy and Elder Ander-
son as members of executive committee,
recommended that the designations be not
accepted. A telegram wa received from
the General Assembly at Omaha, extend
ing fraternal greetings and stating that
they had unanimously approved the dec
l~aration of principles adopted by the Syn
cd of Missouri in 1886.
The action of the Missouri Synod ia
vored the promotion of organized union
between the two great bodies OF the Pres
byterian Church. A resolution advising
against the raising of money for church
purposes by concerts, suppers, etc., was
presented and referred to the Committee
on Systematic Conference.
DR.. Palmer, in presenting the report of
the committee above referred to, said the
committee had carefully examined the
matter, and had learned that there had
been a serious difficulty between members,
the Executive Committee, and that to
promote harmony the gentlemen named
had decided to retire. The nature of the
quarrel DR.. Palmer did not state.
The church, he said, had had enough
public scandal, and hoped that he would
not be ansWerable for any of the details.
| He thought that the breach between the
committeeman was not too serious to be
healed. The committee, therefore, advised
that the designations be not accepted. The
report was adopted. After the making
of numerous assignments of ministers to
preach at the various churches in the city
tomorrow and the transaction of some
further routine business, the Assembly
adjourned until Monday.
EX-CoNGREssMAN SMALLs.-A WASH
ington dispatch of Friday to the New
York World says: Robert Smalls, the
colored Ex- Congressman from South Caro-
lima, is in Washington in connection
with his contested election case in the
Fiftieth Congress. Mr.. Smalls said to-day
that he had taken a mass Of testimony
showing that many of his votes were
thrown out illegally without being count
ed that the negro voters, besides being
defrauded of their votes, We're intimida'
ted, and that 600 of the votes counted for
Mr.. Elliott, his opponent, who was declar-
ed elected, were cast in another district
and were therefore illegal. He says that
he can prove that he got 1000 legal votes,
while Elliott claims only 5000 and many
of these were illegal. Mr.. Smalls was
accredited with about $500 votes; so, even
if he is not credited with those that were
thrown out, he claims that enough of the
5000 cast for Elliott were illegal and would
insure Elliott's defeat.
Speaking of politics generally, he said
that he did not think it was possible for
the Republicans to break the Solid South
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